Sacks was born in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, in 1977. She is currently based at the Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research (WiSER), where she is a doctoral fellow. Together with Simon Gush, she facilitates the collaborative arts platform, the Parking Gallery, which was hosted by the Visual Arts Network of South Africa (VANSA) in 2012 and 2013. She is a laureate of the Higher Institute for Fine Art (HISK) in Ghent, Belgium.

Artist Statement

I tend to look at historical moments in architecture and the applied arts, particularly from the late 19th century, as a way of commenting on contemporary environments. I work with fictional narratives a lot; writing my own texts but also adapting existing material and familiar motifs to encourage new interpretations of dominant themes. I am interested in using installations and book works as a way of testing various design systems while at the same time developing new ones.